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Webnews: Javon Belcher’s mother sues the Chiefs

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By Mike Florio
As the proposed settlement of the massive concussion lawsuit continues to sputter through the judicial system, another former NFL player has formally initiated a civil action. According to the Kansas City Star, the estate of linebacker Jovan Belcher has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Chiefs. The lawsuit, submitted by Belcher’s mother, contends that Belcher… Read more…

By Mike Florio
As the proposed settlement of the massive concussion lawsuit continues to sputter through the judicial system, another former NFL player has formally initiated a civil action. According to the Kansas City Star, the estate of linebacker Jovan Belcher has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Chiefs. The lawsuit, submitted by Belcher’s mother, contends that Belcher… Read more…

Where were all those murder/ suicides in the 30's through 90's when concussions were more frequent and often... Just an excuse.

Can anybody explain to me how someone with a college education could be unaware that repeatedly using your body as a battering ram will cause long term harm? To suggest that players don't know the risks and accept them willingly is like suggesting that someone who starts smoking cigarettes today doesn't know the risks. Every player in the NFL knows the risks and that has been true for a long time.

I don't know what Jury will side with her. Yes most people would likely stick it to the company with pockets, but this guy killed his girlfriend, after cheating on her, then killed himself once the cops showed up at Arrowhead.

His mother lost custody to his daughter, in which she then exumed his body a full year later to test for CTE just so she can sue the Chiefs. I hope the Chiefs don't settle with her and fight this money hungry excuse of a mother.

Can anybody explain to me how someone with a college education could be unaware that repeatedly using your body as a battering ram will cause long term harm? To suggest that players don't know the risks and accept them willingly is like suggesting that someone who starts smoking cigarettes today doesn't know the risks. Every player in the NFL knows the risks and that has been true for a long time.

Because they don't earn that degree and take classes that ask "which of these is different from the others; Cat, Dog, Bird, Boat?"